A pick-me-up for rooibos

There are about 350 commercial and 100 emerging rooibos farmers, who have battled through several years of dry conditions

15 August 2021 - 00:14 By Agency Staff

Come midsummer, when rooibos farmers begin to harvest their crop, they will be the first generation to grow and sell a tea with a unique regional status, a designation awarded to other such products as French champagne...

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